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Brian Potter: belief

27 Oct 2022 Dwarkesh Podcast Brian Potter - Future of Construction, Ugly Modernism, & Environmental Review

“Very broadly, I would say that I see a lot of innovation happening. So I think that's a good place to sort of look and see what's going on.”

— Brian Potter

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Brian Potter
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belief
Recorded
27 Oct 2022
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Dwarkesh Podcast

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…But if they want to transition from just being an engineer to working on the forefront stuff that you write and talk about, is working at a startup the ideal way to do that? Oh, that's a good question. A lot of startups are doing really interesting stuff, not just in software, but a lot interesting building technology stuff. There's a lot of like green building that has worked, there's work out there that is being developed by folks working on low-carbon concrete and low-carbon steels. There's a lot construction robotics, a lot of prefab stuff, the startup world is really kind of trying to start to eat the construction world. There are a lot of opportunities there. Very broadly, I would say that I see a lot of innovation happening. So I think that's a good place to sort of look and see what's going on. Awesome. Okay. Well, Brian, thank you so much for coming back a second time. I really appreciate it. I'm glad we got a chance to talk about these questions. It is very interesting and it's good to get an actual engineer’s perspective on it so that we're not just doing like cultural theory and we actually understand the practicalities of what's involved in all these kinds of things. I highly recommend people check out your blog and they can also follow you on Twitter. We'll leave the handle in the description. Anything else you'd like to plug or say at the end?…

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